英単語

volantの意味・使い方・発音

volant

英 ['vəʊlənt] 美 ['volənt]
  • adj. 迅速な; 飛翔する; 飛翔する
  • n. (ヴォラン)人の名前;(仏)ヴォラン

英語の語源


volant (adj.)
"flying," c. 1500, from Middle French volant "able to fly," from Latin volantem (nominative volans), present participle of volare "to fly," of unknown origin. French voler, literally "to fly," in 16c. acquired a sense of "to steal," via the transitive meaning "to make fly."

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